Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3951, John Gatty, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Gatty, John Sarah
R 3951
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss
On this 10 th day of Oct. 1855 personally appeared in Court being the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield in said County, Charlotte Bishop of the town of Litchfield in said County, & State aged fifty six years who being duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration as well for herself as for her brother William Gatty of Harwinton in said State, surviving children of Sarah Gatty deceased, who was the widow of John Gatty late of said Litchfield deceased, who was a soldier of the Revolution for the purpose of obtaining all the arrears of pension due the said John & Sarah  Charlotte at the time of their decease under the acts of Congress of June 7, 1832 & July 9, 1838. The said Charlotte declares, that her father the said John Gatty came to this Country in the time of the war of the Revolution to the City of New York & soon afterwards embraced the cause of Independence & entered into the military service in the Levies and Militia of the State of New York & continued in service to very near the close of said war He sometimes served as a private and sometimes in other capacities  as a sergeant in various companies & Regiments as set forth & duly certified by the Comptroller of said State of New York her in part now produced, She declares that she has often heard her father recount his services in said war, and especially of being present at the execution of Andre, and

the hardships & sufferings but she cannot more particularly describe them than they are by the Certificate aforesaid and altho the name is a little differently spelt in said Certificate, yet that it is the same person, of which fact she has not the least doubt —
And the said Charlotte further says that after the close of the war, her father came from New York to Litchfield where he settled and where he lived until he died, that her father the said John died on the fourteenth day of October 1837 and her Mother the said Sarah on the seventeenth day of November following, leaving two surviving children only viz the said William & this Applicant, and she further says that she has often heard her father speak of his right to a pension and the reason why he did not apply for one, was that he could not find any living witnesses which he thought necessary to prove his service, and she further says that her father & Mother were married in the year 1791, and they lived together as man & wife until his death
I have often heard my father say that he was entitled to 1600 any of Bounty Land, and I recalled his going into the State of New York soon after the passage of the act of 1831 in search of a witness to his service, but the individual for whom he was searching was

dead, and he abandoned the effort.
My father was a German by birth, and so pronounced his name that it would be very natural for others to spell it differently.
Charlotte Bishop.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 10th day of October 1855.
Charles Adams,
Judge of Probate - for the County of Middlesex

P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
3951 John G. Gatty own
REJECTED

No.
John Gally, ad.
Connecticut.
Lt. R. Comd Nov. 13/53
3951
June 7, 1882

Providence Nov 2 1858
Sir
I herewith enclose the claim of John Getty & Sarah Getty his widow, under the acts of Congress of June 7 1832 & July 7 1838 - or rather of their children Charlotte Bishop & William Getty, for pensions John Getty was a gunner by birth and I suppose that his speaking "broken English" is the reason why his name appears a little differently spelt in the Comptroller's certificates of his services rendered at different times. But there cannot be a doubt, but all the services certified by the Comptroller in the annexed certificates were performed by one & the same person -
I am Respectfully Your obed Servt Benj a Cowell
Hon J Minot

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield.
Be it remembered that at a Court of Probate held on the 10 th day of October 1855, before the undersigned Judge of said Court in Litchfield in said County & State satisfactory evidence was produced before said Court that John Gatty and Sarah Collins were lawfully married in the year 1791 - that they lived together as Man and wife until his death - that he died on the 14 th or 15 th day of October 1837 and that his widow  wife the said Sarah died on the 17 th day of November 1837 - that at the time of her decease she left two surviving children only, to wit: William Gatty, and Charlotte Bishop both resident in said County, and that each of them is above twenty-one years of age. - And be it further remembered that John Gatty was a soldier of the Revolution as his neighbors testify their belief.
In witness whereof I have set my name and affixed the Seal of this Court on the 10 th day of October 1855 - Charles Adams,
Judge of Probate -

State of Connecticut, } ss. LITCHFIELD. County of Litchfield,
I, Charles Adams Assistant Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that
Frederick D. Beeman and Henry B. Evans, whose genuine signatures appear to the accompanying instrument,
are and were
is and was , at the time of signing the same their Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds; and that all his  their official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. Superior
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Litchfield, this 10 th day of October A. D. 1855.
Charles Adams, Assistant CLERK.

I Sylvanus Bishop of Litchfield in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am now sixty-three years of age - that I was well acquainted with John Galt, late of said Litchfield, deceased, and was, for several years, his near neighbor. I have often heard him speak of his services in the war of the Revolution, recount anecdotes and occurrences which took place while he was in the service. He was a foreigner (a German) by birth, but went into the service of some after his arrival in this country, in the New York troops, and that he served nearly or all the time after he joined the army, and I have not any doubt of the fact.
I further testify that said John Galt, died on the 15 th day of October 1837 , at the age of 86, and his widow Sarah Galt, died in November following, at the age of 77, and at the time of her death William Galt, (now residing in Haverston in this county) and Charlotte Bishop of this town, were the only surviving children, and they are still living.
Sylvanus Bishop
Signed and sworn to this 1 st day of October 1855, before me, and I further certify that said Sylvanus Bishop is well known to me and is a credible witness.
Frederick J. Pease Justice of the Peace.

I Christopher Wheeler of Southfield in the county of Southfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I knew John Galt, and recollect that he died about the year 1837, and that his wife Sarah Galt died soon after, and that I have always understood that they left one son and one daughter, with the latter (Mrs. Charlotte Bishop) I am acquainted. I have heard said John Galt spoken of as a Revolutionary Soldier. I am now sixty-seven years of age.
Christopher Wheeler
Signed and sworn to this 1 st day of October 1855, before me, and I further certify that I am acquainted with Christopher Wheeler who is a credible witness. Frederick J. Beecher -
Frederick J. Beecher Justice of the Peace.

I Mills Buell of Sotchfield in the county of Sotchfield and State of Connecticut do testify and say that I am now eighty-three years of age - that I was well acquainted with John Gatty late of said Sotchfield deceased, and was for many years a neighbor. I knew him before his marriage with Sarah Collins (which took place about the year 1791) and afterwards. I have heard him often speak of being in the American Army and of events which took place while he was in the service, and I have no doubt of the fact of his having served in the Army several years. He was a foreigner and his trade that of a baker.
I further testified that said John Gatty died about the year 1837, and his wife died a few months after. They left two children only, William Gatty and Charlotte Bishop, both of whom are still living.
Mills Buell
Signed and sworn to this 1 st day of October 1855; before me, and I further certify that said Mills Buell is a credible witness.
Henry B Graves
Justice of the Peace

John Gatty, ad
Atkins Island, Connecticut
June 7, 1832
J. G. Gandy Providence, R. I.

State of New-York,  COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Albany, August 21 185 5 .
I Hereby Certify, That on searching the Records in this office for the Registry of Certificates issued in pursuance of a law, passed April 27, 1784, entitled "An Act for the settlement of the pay of Levies and Militia for their services in the late war, and for other purposes therein mentioned," I find the following, viz:
   NAMES. NO. OF BOOK. NO. OF CERTIFICATE. DATE. £ S. D. RANK AND NAME OF COMPANY OFFICER. RANK AND NAME OF FIELD OFFICER.     John Gatny Private 2 7.740 April 25. 1778 " 10 5 Capt. John Armstrong Col. John Williams   John Guttery " 2 8.199 April 18. 1780 1 12 " " Edward Long " Alexander Webster   John Gatt " 2 8.239 Aug 26 1779 1 10 3 " do. " do.   John Getty Sergt. 2 8.807 June 2 1780 1 9 4 Lt. Geo. McKnight " do.   John Getty do 2 8.835 March 30. 1780 " 16 2 Capt. John Hamilton " do.   John Getty Private 2 8.868 Nov 5. 1779 " 13 11 Lt. Geo. McKnight " do.   John Getty Sergt. 2 8.885 Nov 3. 1780 2 18 7 Capt. John Hamilton " do.   John Getty do 2 8.934 Aug 11. 1779 2 5 4 " do. " do.   John Guttery Private 2 9.006 Nov. 3. 1780 2 9 9 " John Armstrong " do.   John Guthrey " 2 9.033 Nov. 5. 1779 1 15 6 " do. " do.   John Guttery " 2 9.280 Dec. 14. 1781 " 14 2 " do. Major Thomas Armstrong   John Getty " 2 9.415 Nov 13. 1781 " 8 10 " James Willson " do.   17 4 3  
I have examined the Rolls for the items above set forth, and find them to be correct.
Chas. D. Haswell Clerk.
Samuel Comptroller.